SCARBOROUGH — An Ash Swamp Road man was shot while he was asleep early Monday morning by at least one intruder who police say entered through an unlocked door. Police at midday were still searching for the shooter. Bruce Glidden, 47, of 104 Ash Swamp Road, sustained “non-threatening gunshot wounds” to his lower torso. Glidden’s wife, […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lewiston offense sputters again in loss to Scarborough
LEWISTON — The only way Scarborough freshman Nick Fiorillo featured prominently in Lewiston’s scouting report is if the Blue Devils and their coaching staff closely followed the preceding junior varsity contest on Friday night. Well, then again, maybe not. “I had a rough JV game, but when I got into the (varsity) game, Coach (Tony DiBiase) […]
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Police release audio of caller admitting, ‘This is a scam’
CMP Scam A local business was contacted by this scammer today. They claimed to be with Central Maine Power and threatened disconnection of power service. The business was going to provide their credit card number for payment, but the scammer asked that they bring cash to Bank of America. That is a red flag. Please […]
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H.S. Boys’ Hockey: Scarborough fights off St. Dominic Academy
AUBURN — Like a couple of heavyweight boxers feeling each other out during the first round of a championship fight, two boys’ hockey heavyweights did the same before landing a few blows in the first period of Saturday night’s season opener between St. Dominic Academy and Scarborough. The last time the two teams squared off, […]
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Lorraine Y. Caron
1931 – 2015 SCARBOROUGH — Lorraine Y. Caron, 84, of Auburn died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice, with her family at her side. Born in Auburn on July 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Yvette (Couillard) Verville. She attended Auburn schools and was a 1949 graduate […]
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Cross Country: Lewiston’s Doorow among 6 state champions crowned
CUMBERLAND — Not even a fall could keep Lewiston’s Osman Doorow from winning his first cross country state championship. The Blue Devils’ senior ran away with the Class A boys’ individual title and one of six runners, as well as six teams, to claim titles at the cross country state championships at Twin Brook Recreation […]
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Cross Country: Locals look to finish strong at state championships
Six runners and six teams will be crowned state champions Saturday at the cross country state championships. Locals will look to have a say in the outcomes of the races when all is said and done at Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland. The favorite to win the Class A boys’ race is none other […]
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Ruth Marie Wiles
1920 – 2015 SCARBOROUGH — With the same grace and dignity that she exhibited throughout her life, Ruth Wiles, beloved mother of Kathryn Wiles Stevens and Thomas Wiles, passed from this life to the next on Monday, Oct. 19, three weeks shy of her 95th birthday. Ruth was born in Roxbury on Nov. 10, 1920, […]
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‘Accidental’ oyster farmer plans expansion
SCARBOROUGH — Abigail Carroll would never have guessed that as a former trader in the Paris stock market, she would eventually start her own oyster farm in the waters off southern Maine. After ending a relationship, leaving France and moving back to Maine for the summer, one of Carroll’s friends wanted to start an oyster […]
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Penny Gay Powell
1955 – 2015 SCARBOROUGH — Penny Gay Poto Powell passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by family on the morning of Sept. 28, 2015, after a long and admirably waged battle against gallbladder cancer. She was born June 4, 1955 to Rosario (Rozzi) and Constance (Connie) Poto in Lewiston. Penny is remembered most lovingly […]